Kathleen Hanna Voices Animated Alien in Short Film Myrna the Monster

Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill/Le Tigre/the Julie Ruin) has an iconic voice, for sure. Now, she’s lending it to a new animated short film called Myrna the Monster. In Ian Samuels‘ short, produced by MTV Other and premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, Hanna voices Myrna, “a heartbroken alien dreamer from the moon who transitions into young adult life in Los Angeles”. Watch a clip, as well as the trailer, below.

The 14-minute film features a soundtrack by BOYS (Jona Bechtolt, Rob Kieswetter, Jeffrey Brodsky of YACHT).

Samuels described his inspiration for the film in a statement:

I was walking downtown a couple years ago thinking; if you actually dropped a real live alien from the moon on the street somewhere, probably no one would notice. Maybe she’s originally from someplace else, or had some work done, or is homeless, or just rolled out of bed at noon, or maybe it’s Hollywood. She’s just over there, going through the dumpster by Starbucks.

Read our 5-10-15-20 interview with Hanna.

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